| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
87.20 |
1.1086 |
0.1934 |
233 |
1 |
87.20 |
2015-03-25 |
| 2. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
83.03 |
1.0582 |
0.1777 |
180 |
2 |
72.74 |
2015-03-24 |
| 3. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
80.63 |
1.0481 |
0.1472 |
255 |
2 |
74.35 |
2015-03-24 |
| 4. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
80.51 |
1.0676 |
0.1382 |
456 |
1 |
80.51 |
2015-08-23 |
| 5. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
80.24 |
1.0969 |
0.1025 |
303 |
2 |
70.71 |
2015-03-24 |
| 6. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
80.07 |
1.0540 |
0.1356 |
184 |
1 |
80.07 |
2015-03-28 |
| 7. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
78.87 |
0.9408 |
0.2305 |
177 |
2 |
78.66 |
2015-03-28 |
| 8. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
77.73 |
1.0588 |
0.1008 |
281 |
1 |
77.73 |
2015-03-24 |
| 9. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
77.62 |
0.9716 |
0.1904 |
330 |
1 |
77.62 |
2015-03-28 |
| 10. |
Hope you're feeling better now, hope you got my letter, how ... |
77.50 |
1.0065 |
0.1605 |
251 |
1 |
77.50 |
2016-04-25 |
| 11. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
76.65 |
1.0495 |
0.0933 |
323 |
1 |
76.65 |
2015-03-24 |
| 12. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
76.42 |
1.0450 |
0.1002 |
358 |
1 |
76.42 |
2015-03-28 |
| 13. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
75.93 |
1.0755 |
0.0576 |
243 |
1 |
75.93 |
2015-03-24 |
| 14. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
75.82 |
1.0698 |
0.0680 |
303 |
1 |
75.82 |
2015-03-28 |
| 15. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
75.75 |
0.9703 |
0.1661 |
394 |
1 |
75.75 |
2016-04-25 |
| 16. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
75.59 |
0.9952 |
0.1346 |
220 |
3 |
70.33 |
2016-04-29 |
| 17. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
75.15 |
0.9917 |
0.1312 |
317 |
1 |
75.15 |
2016-04-25 |
| 18. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
74.90 |
1.0753 |
0.0487 |
206 |
1 |
74.90 |
2015-03-25 |
| 19. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
74.86 |
0.9873 |
0.1280 |
274 |
1 |
74.86 |
2015-03-24 |
| 20. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
74.86 |
1.0103 |
0.1005 |
209 |
2 |
70.55 |
2015-03-28 |
| 21. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
74.66 |
1.0461 |
0.0696 |
318 |
1 |
74.66 |
2016-04-25 |
| 22. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
74.17 |
1.0845 |
0.0205 |
212 |
1 |
74.17 |
2015-03-24 |
| 23. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
74.07 |
1.0333 |
0.0662 |
176 |
1 |
74.07 |
2015-03-25 |
| 24. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
73.83 |
0.9909 |
0.1147 |
293 |
1 |
73.83 |
2015-03-24 |
| 25. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
73.78 |
1.0466 |
0.0533 |
230 |
2 |
68.78 |
2016-04-18 |
| 26. |
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly... |
73.43 |
1.0379 |
0.0539 |
172 |
1 |
73.43 |
2015-03-28 |
| 27. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
73.36 |
0.9434 |
0.1551 |
367 |
2 |
65.14 |
2015-03-28 |
| 28. |
You cannot pass! I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder ... |
72.90 |
0.9255 |
0.1597 |
173 |
1 |
72.90 |
2016-01-24 |
| 29. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
72.65 |
1.0638 |
0.0175 |
247 |
1 |
72.65 |
2015-03-24 |
| 30. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
72.63 |
1.0192 |
0.0691 |
243 |
1 |
72.63 |
2015-03-28 |
| 31. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
72.11 |
1.0865 |
-0.0115 |
237 |
2 |
70.04 |
2016-08-26 |
| 32. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
71.83 |
0.9926 |
0.0896 |
413 |
1 |
71.83 |
2015-03-25 |
| 33. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
71.73 |
0.9756 |
0.0932 |
223 |
1 |
71.73 |
2016-04-29 |
| 34. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
71.64 |
1.0208 |
0.0473 |
231 |
2 |
67.52 |
2015-03-24 |
| 35. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
71.63 |
1.0372 |
0.0304 |
249 |
1 |
71.63 |
2015-03-24 |
| 36. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
71.49 |
0.9143 |
0.1526 |
300 |
1 |
71.49 |
2016-04-25 |
| 37. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
71.48 |
0.9980 |
0.0770 |
341 |
2 |
68.97 |
2015-03-24 |
| 38. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
71.09 |
1.0836 |
-0.0202 |
206 |
1 |
71.09 |
2015-03-24 |
| 39. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
70.57 |
0.8572 |
0.1933 |
232 |
1 |
70.57 |
2015-03-24 |
| 40. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
70.50 |
1.0464 |
0.0097 |
294 |
1 |
70.50 |
2015-03-24 |
| 41. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
70.32 |
1.0016 |
0.0452 |
217 |
2 |
69.15 |
2015-03-24 |
| 42. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
70.07 |
0.9404 |
0.1138 |
383 |
1 |
70.07 |
2015-03-28 |
| 43. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
70.06 |
1.0482 |
0.0093 |
407 |
1 |
70.06 |
2015-03-24 |
| 44. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
69.91 |
1.0086 |
0.0294 |
218 |
1 |
69.91 |
2016-08-26 |
| 45. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
69.84 |
1.0178 |
0.0217 |
207 |
1 |
69.84 |
2015-03-31 |
| 46. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
69.83 |
0.9854 |
0.0570 |
174 |
1 |
69.83 |
2015-03-24 |
| 47. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
69.81 |
0.9564 |
0.0783 |
263 |
1 |
69.81 |
2015-03-24 |
| 48. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
69.47 |
1.0404 |
0.0002 |
406 |
2 |
66.58 |
2015-03-24 |
| 49. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
69.45 |
0.9315 |
0.1057 |
273 |
1 |
69.45 |
2015-03-24 |
| 50. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
69.29 |
1.0194 |
0.0115 |
224 |
1 |
69.29 |
2015-03-24 |
| 51. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
69.29 |
1.0960 |
-0.0589 |
315 |
1 |
69.29 |
2015-03-28 |
| 52. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
69.11 |
1.0035 |
0.0274 |
310 |
2 |
62.99 |
2015-03-24 |
| 53. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
69.04 |
1.0250 |
0.0071 |
271 |
2 |
67.49 |
2016-08-26 |
| 54. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
68.57 |
1.0199 |
-0.0015 |
225 |
1 |
68.57 |
2015-03-24 |
| 55. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
68.56 |
0.9244 |
0.1028 |
225 |
1 |
68.56 |
2015-03-24 |
| 56. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
68.53 |
0.9606 |
0.0651 |
203 |
1 |
68.53 |
2015-03-24 |
| 57. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
68.44 |
1.0561 |
-0.0378 |
227 |
1 |
68.44 |
2015-03-24 |
| 58. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
68.36 |
1.0125 |
0.0050 |
232 |
1 |
68.36 |
2015-03-25 |
| 59. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
68.35 |
0.9680 |
0.0510 |
256 |
1 |
68.35 |
2015-03-24 |
| 60. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
68.08 |
1.0144 |
0.0015 |
162 |
1 |
68.08 |
2015-03-24 |
| 61. |
I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not ... |
67.96 |
1.1244 |
-0.1091 |
164 |
1 |
67.96 |
2016-04-14 |
| 62. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
67.94 |
0.8824 |
0.1320 |
202 |
1 |
67.94 |
2015-03-24 |
| 63. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
67.65 |
0.9927 |
0.0163 |
276 |
1 |
67.65 |
2015-03-24 |
| 64. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
67.35 |
0.9706 |
0.0450 |
353 |
1 |
67.35 |
2015-03-24 |
| 65. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
67.27 |
1.0144 |
0.0013 |
356 |
1 |
67.27 |
2015-03-24 |
| 66. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
67.23 |
0.9136 |
0.0918 |
348 |
2 |
67.19 |
2015-03-24 |
| 67. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
67.16 |
0.9561 |
0.0482 |
291 |
1 |
67.16 |
2015-03-24 |
| 68. |
It's all there, black and white, clear as crystal! You stole... |
66.92 |
0.8849 |
0.1074 |
198 |
1 |
66.92 |
2016-04-29 |
| 69. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
66.92 |
1.0018 |
-0.0041 |
246 |
1 |
66.92 |
2016-04-14 |
| 70. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
66.87 |
1.0628 |
-0.0641 |
363 |
1 |
66.87 |
2015-03-24 |
| 71. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
66.86 |
1.0362 |
-0.0334 |
437 |
1 |
66.86 |
2015-03-24 |
| 72. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
66.84 |
0.9468 |
0.0492 |
318 |
1 |
66.84 |
2015-03-24 |
| 73. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
66.79 |
1.0667 |
-0.0608 |
308 |
1 |
66.79 |
2015-03-24 |
| 74. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
66.40 |
1.0272 |
-0.0397 |
226 |
1 |
66.40 |
2015-03-24 |
| 75. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
66.39 |
1.0412 |
-0.0467 |
205 |
1 |
66.39 |
2015-03-24 |
| 76. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
66.11 |
1.0350 |
-0.0352 |
416 |
1 |
66.11 |
2015-03-24 |
| 77. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
65.50 |
0.8901 |
0.0853 |
273 |
1 |
65.50 |
2015-03-24 |
| 78. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
65.28 |
1.0492 |
-0.0712 |
284 |
1 |
65.28 |
2015-03-24 |
| 79. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
65.22 |
0.9445 |
0.0359 |
389 |
1 |
65.22 |
2015-03-24 |
| 80. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
65.15 |
1.0028 |
-0.0330 |
259 |
1 |
65.15 |
2015-03-24 |
| 81. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
65.13 |
0.9801 |
-0.0098 |
289 |
1 |
65.13 |
2015-03-24 |
| 82. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
64.95 |
0.9809 |
-0.0169 |
209 |
1 |
64.95 |
2015-03-24 |
| 83. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
64.92 |
1.0227 |
-0.0492 |
378 |
1 |
64.92 |
2015-03-24 |
| 84. |
I was having this awful nightmare that I was 32. And then I ... |
64.80 |
0.9834 |
-0.0237 |
137 |
1 |
64.80 |
2016-04-14 |
| 85. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
64.77 |
1.0487 |
-0.0857 |
253 |
1 |
64.77 |
2015-03-24 |
| 86. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
64.76 |
0.9761 |
-0.0066 |
227 |
1 |
64.76 |
2015-03-24 |
| 87. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
64.75 |
0.9797 |
-0.0106 |
269 |
1 |
64.75 |
2015-03-24 |
| 88. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
64.53 |
1.0617 |
-0.1020 |
171 |
1 |
64.53 |
2015-03-24 |
| 89. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
64.52 |
0.9736 |
-0.0051 |
378 |
1 |
64.52 |
2015-03-24 |
| 90. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
64.34 |
1.0665 |
-0.1066 |
210 |
1 |
64.34 |
2016-08-26 |
| 91. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
64.24 |
0.8913 |
0.0674 |
201 |
1 |
64.24 |
2015-03-25 |
| 92. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
63.91 |
1.0387 |
-0.0822 |
333 |
1 |
63.91 |
2015-03-24 |
| 93. |
Buddhism addresses two major types of meditation. Vipassana ... |
63.42 |
0.8992 |
0.0577 |
320 |
1 |
63.42 |
2015-03-24 |
| 94. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
63.37 |
1.0472 |
-0.1093 |
149 |
1 |
63.37 |
2015-03-25 |
| 95. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
63.21 |
0.9594 |
-0.0194 |
258 |
1 |
63.21 |
2015-03-24 |
| 96. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
63.03 |
1.0264 |
-0.0915 |
191 |
1 |
63.03 |
2015-03-24 |
| 97. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
62.68 |
0.9801 |
-0.0381 |
282 |
1 |
62.68 |
2015-03-24 |
| 98. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
62.42 |
1.0504 |
-0.1186 |
225 |
1 |
62.42 |
2015-03-24 |
| 99. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
62.21 |
0.9829 |
-0.0568 |
229 |
1 |
62.21 |
2015-03-24 |
| 100. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
61.97 |
1.0132 |
-0.0894 |
371 |
1 |
61.97 |
2015-03-24 |
| 101. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
61.74 |
1.0189 |
-0.0998 |
290 |
1 |
61.74 |
2015-03-24 |
| 102. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
61.45 |
0.9332 |
-0.0178 |
267 |
1 |
61.45 |
2015-03-24 |
| 103. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
61.19 |
0.8721 |
0.0453 |
231 |
1 |
61.19 |
2015-03-25 |
| 104. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
61.10 |
0.9637 |
-0.0415 |
342 |
1 |
61.10 |
2015-03-24 |
| 105. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
60.91 |
1.0265 |
-0.1155 |
375 |
1 |
60.91 |
2015-03-24 |
| 106. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
60.45 |
0.9403 |
-0.0312 |
307 |
1 |
60.45 |
2015-03-24 |
| 107. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
60.45 |
1.0304 |
-0.1329 |
256 |
1 |
60.45 |
2016-04-18 |
| 108. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
60.20 |
0.8986 |
0.0030 |
363 |
1 |
60.20 |
2015-03-24 |
| 109. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
59.87 |
0.9857 |
-0.0881 |
268 |
1 |
59.87 |
2015-03-24 |
| 110. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
59.87 |
0.9636 |
-0.0733 |
281 |
2 |
58.76 |
2015-03-24 |
| 111. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
59.83 |
0.9851 |
-0.0891 |
237 |
1 |
59.83 |
2015-03-24 |
| 112. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
59.46 |
0.9123 |
-0.0175 |
351 |
1 |
59.46 |
2015-03-24 |
| 113. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
59.21 |
0.9804 |
-0.0984 |
227 |
1 |
59.21 |
2015-03-24 |
| 114. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
59.18 |
0.8437 |
0.0369 |
268 |
1 |
59.18 |
2015-03-24 |
| 115. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
59.03 |
0.9338 |
-0.0448 |
326 |
1 |
59.03 |
2015-03-29 |
| 116. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
58.59 |
0.9963 |
-0.1262 |
274 |
1 |
58.59 |
2015-03-24 |
| 117. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
58.18 |
0.9976 |
-0.1348 |
212 |
1 |
58.18 |
2015-03-24 |
| 118. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
57.78 |
0.9400 |
-0.0771 |
434 |
1 |
57.78 |
2015-03-24 |
| 119. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
57.60 |
0.8955 |
-0.0279 |
436 |
2 |
54.52 |
2015-03-24 |
| 120. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
56.60 |
0.8624 |
-0.0245 |
174 |
3 |
52.40 |
2016-04-14 |
| 121. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
56.15 |
0.9194 |
-0.0730 |
360 |
1 |
56.15 |
2015-03-24 |
| 122. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
56.05 |
1.0736 |
-0.2366 |
350 |
1 |
56.05 |
2015-03-24 |
| 123. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
56.00 |
0.9597 |
-0.1259 |
251 |
1 |
56.00 |
2015-03-24 |
| 124. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
55.18 |
0.9162 |
-0.0937 |
401 |
1 |
55.18 |
2015-03-24 |
| 125. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
54.47 |
0.9108 |
-0.1002 |
235 |
1 |
54.47 |
2015-03-24 |
| 126. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
54.23 |
0.8986 |
-0.0909 |
216 |
1 |
54.23 |
2015-03-24 |
| 127. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
53.24 |
0.9070 |
-0.1195 |
192 |
1 |
53.24 |
2015-03-24 |
| 128. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
50.71 |
0.9530 |
-0.1855 |
445 |
1 |
50.71 |
2015-03-24 |
| 129. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
48.11 |
0.9243 |
-0.2069 |
240 |
1 |
48.11 |
2015-03-24 |
| 130. |
After others have talked about themselves, a point will be r... |
44.17 |
1.0996 |
-0.4411 |
153 |
1 |
44.17 |
2016-04-14 |
| 131. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
43.52 |
0.8172 |
-0.1750 |
204 |
1 |
43.52 |
2015-03-24 |
| 132. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
32.13 |
0.8794 |
-0.3971 |
427 |
1 |
32.13 |
2016-04-18 |